Breaking up a School in Cumberland Ohio
A nostalgic tale from a rural era recounts a violent school incident in Cumberland Ohio where a teacher stabbed two unruly boys, killing one and mortally wounding the other, then reflects on the challenges and rivalries of country schooling and the impact of a gentle, patient instructor. The piece blends memory with broader moralizing on temperance, youth, and parental respect, anchored by vivid anecdotes and local scenes.
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Cumberland
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Change of subject in family scene over carnations
In a brief domestic exchange a father questions his daughter Mabel about flagrant carnation theft. She deflects with playful misdirection, admitting she picked the flowers but jokingly claims an intention to change the subject. The scene ends with her toying with truth and excuses.
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Mabel
Story Runneth Thus Hitdle Kiss and Fawn Bond Rupture
A fragmentary verse item notes romance unraveling with a playful, archaic tone. The lines mention a kiss a little bliss a ring and bonds rended a deer child a fawn, conveying a whimsical breakup image without clear context or names.
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Andio
Gentlemen and happiness in a moral tapestry
A compact Victorian mosaic argues true gentility rests in self assurance, not self proclamation, detailing how overcompensation marks a weak claim. It contrasts happiness born of love with the brittle pride of wealth, then muses on beauty’s mournful resilience and the healing power of kindness and patience.
Sheep Manure Method for Enriching Poor Land
England has long practiced cultivation and fertilizer use to boost yields, contrasting with poorer farms. A practical plan suggests keeping sheep on fields behind wicker hurdles to manure the land, rotating pasture, sowing low value seed on poor soil, then planting wheat or oats, followed by another turnip crop fed to sheep. The system aims to double crops and improve wool, manure supply, and owner profits, citing the Southern Planter.
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England
True Love And Virtue In Everyday Life
A collection of aphoristic reflections on love, purpose, duty, rights, conduct, and self-cultivation. It urges perseverance, experience as counsel, cautious boldness, and the harmony of dignity with familiar companionship while condemning profanity and blind prejudice. It also notes doubt as a path to truth and heroism in challenging mass errors.
When Kate Is Sad Or Glad In Love’s Pensive Glow
A poem contrasts Kate’s moods with a lover’s devotion. He loves her most when she is pensive and when she laughs. The speaker declares joy depends on Kate’s mood, and that he would remain sad for her sake if she were. A short quip about an Englishman shooting in Germany ends the piece with a regional line.
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